Military aircraft charter service waits on license

Military-owned air taxi service Vietstar Airlines, which applied for a license last December, will begin operations immediately after it gets it, according to the Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam.

The license is likely to be issued this month.

The carrier has a capital of VND50 billion (US$2.4 million) and will use small and medium-sized aircraft for domestic and international charter services.

Another firm, Blue Sky Airlines, providing the same service received a license last year and plans to use helicopters when it begins operation this year.

Meanwhile, private carriers Indochina Airlines and VietJet Air have applied for extension of their license until the end of 2011. The former has been grounded for more than a year now due to financial problems while VietJet has yet to begin operations despite getting a license in 2007.

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